Lyrics for Wake Me Up When September Ends as interpreted by animated456

Wake Me Up When September Ends Lyrics
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends

summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends

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Deliberator422
11-21-2004

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Yes, it's about his father's passing. However, at the concerts, he dedicated it to Johnny Ramone.

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Chelseallsmith
11-24-2004

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It is about his father, It makes me cry every time, because my dad dies when I was 11...he died in august though. Very close...the cd it soo great. I'll never get sick of it.

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whatshername
11-24-2004

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i get it being about his dad dieing... but anyone notice that it says, "like my father come to pass, 7years has gone so fast" than says, "like my father come to pass, 20 years has gone so fast"..


20+7 is 27, and he has a tattoo on his right arm that says 27, with a circle around it..... i was just wondering if anyone knew if there was a signifigance?


sn-hanoi2459

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greenvelvet
11-26-2004

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mm deliberator that would make sense. maybe its about good ppl dying... like joey. and now i feel like crying! mm not really.

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keahi_laureth
11-28-2004

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God, I love this song. I always thought it was more about a death of innocense, but it makes sense being about his dad. Deliberator's right about them dedicating it to Johnny Ramone. I was at Green Day concert last week and that's what they did.

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Chronobrain
12-05-2004

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Alright, just because the song has September in the title doesn't mean it's automatically about 9-11. The political aspects of the CD criticize the lack of intelligence in our "great" nation. It doesn't have to do with 9-11. I guess anyone can interpret it any way they want, but with the line "Like my father's come to pass", it kinda seals the whole "it's about his dad dying" theory. There aren't any subtle references to 9-11 anywhere. When your dad dies while you're still young, that's a loss of innocence. The man you idolized and looked up to is no longer in your life. That's enough to destroy anyone's innocence. Everything else said in the song sounds pretty much in direct reference to Billie, rather than people who lost family in 9-11.

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Scattered
12-06-2004

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"20+7 is 27, and he has a tattoo on his right arm that says 27, with a circle around it..... i was just wondering if anyone knew if there was a signifigance?"

That's a good idea, I never really thought of that. I remember him saying on a Howard Stern interview that one of his tattoos was some band's symbol thing, and I always assumed it was that one, but you may be right.

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music_woohoo
12-07-2004

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I had a feeling it was about his father's death but i wasn't sure thats why i came here. I guess i was right. cuz if you really listen to the words you can just tell.

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emo_4_u
12-09-2004

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Hey, does any one know why Billie's father died?

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kmk_natasha
12-11-2004

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The 27 w/ a circle is a band, although I can't remember the band's name anymore. I saw them with Green Day in '94. I guess you could look and see who they toured with in '94.

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Scattered
12-11-2004

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His father died of throat cancer.

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7witch
12-13-2004

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what a like is the second time around billie joe says 20 years has gone so fast stating his connection to jesus which is his father also died and also telling the listener 20 years has past by in the story thus jesus remembering whatsername

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element86
12-20-2004

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I think it is about life, and how the things we love come to pass, nothing can last forever. Things happen, people change, life goes on another day.

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Platypus
12-21-2004

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AHHH! I've been WAITING for this opportunity!

Has anybody noticed all the little tie-ins in American Idiot (the album, not just the song)?

1) Wake Me Up When September Ends
a) Sept. 10... that's all too obvious
b) "7 years has gone so fast" 7 years after Billie Joe's father died is when Green Day's first EP was released
c) "20 years has gone so fast" 20 years after his father died is when American Idiot was released

2) Whatsername -
a) Am I the only one that noticed that the name that is scribbled out is "Haushinka"?

Just thought I'd get that off my chest... if anyone else has already pointed those out... sorry.

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peacelisa
12-27-2004

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CHRONOBRAIN's GOT IT DOWN! HE has the answer, it's written a little higher up. Thank you for recognizing the real meaning "Chronobrain". Ahhhhhh.

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BJlove
12-28-2004

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Who/what was Haushinka?
I think this song is about his father's death (too) but i hate that it makes me sad listening to it, such a great song.

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BJlove
12-29-2004

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nevermind

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whatshername
12-29-2004

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BJlove,
Haushinka was a girl with a peculiar name



..oh green day fan, you?

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whatshername
12-29-2004

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and oh god, platypus, you just made me scream after i read your comment...i got mad excited and went to my CD stand thing and looked in my AI lyrics cover and where it's scratched out and says whatsername, i tried to see it say Haushinka and i can kinda make out a in the front somewhere U and an A at the end, but is it really clear looking to you or what?


man your a hero to me...and dude, just cause this is making me anxious, if you have AIM, im Haushinka215, if you care to IM me to further discuss............................................

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unraptured
12-29-2004

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wow... weird... i had no idea.... ( lots of dots!....) hmmm... platypus, you are extremely observant (much more than me)! it makes me sad to listen to this song, rather than Whatsername... have you noticed that the only songs that don't tie in with the rest of the record are american idiot, boulevard of broken dreams, and holiday? do you think that holiday will be the next single? I think that that track or wake me up when september ends....

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Culture_of_Fear
12-30-2004

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This is a really great song, meaningful, and i dont see how anyone could NOT like it! :-)

So, can i get this cleared?..Billie Joe's dad died from throat cancer?...what age was Billie? and why does it say "seven years has gone so fast " and.."twenty years has gone so fast" ??

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lucky_guess_rox
01-01-2005

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Holiday IS Green Day's next single. Plus Boulevard of broken dreams is a metaphor (sorry, i'm just typing what my friend is telling me too, don't understand the metaphor either)

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fruitonpie
01-02-2005

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Wake me up when September comes is like a sequel song to Good Riddance. Since Good Riddance was about the time of your life ending, this song is about the depression that washes over you when you really realize the good times are gone. It can be related to lots of things, but in the story of this cd i think it's about when St. Jimmy/Jesus of Suburbia (same person) have been broken up with Whatsername in Letterbomb (Whatshername's breakup letter to Jesus of Suburbia) and now the depression of how it's over has settled over him. At the same time, it's about Billie's dad too.

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fruitonpie
01-02-2005

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When September Ends* sorry

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MyAlias
01-08-2005

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I first heard this song shortly after my dad died. That was three months ago, in September of 2004, from cancer. I'm 19 and my parents have remained my main source of comfort and security. Now that my Dad's gone, I feel like I'm being forced to leave my childhood -- like my innocence is being lost. During the funeral and for these past months I've simultaneously felt so numb and at times like all I want to do is fall asleep until it's all over. Until my Mom is happy again... until I am happy again. Thus this song has had much meaning to me during this time. Though I didn't know what it was *actually* about, this is what I always thought about when I listened to it.
Tonight I looked up its actual meaning, and I got goosebumps. I guess that's a big reason why the song seems so fitting... Though without this strong identifying factor I know I would love this song anyway, now I feel like, at least for now, this piece is my themesong.

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